Consuelo Maria Callahan at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 28, 2003–present
Consuelo Maria Callahan
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, Third District, 1996-2003
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin, 1992-1996
- Commissioner, Stockton California Municipal Court, 1986-1992
- supervisory district attorney, 1982-1986
- deputy district attorney, 1976-1982
- Office of the District Attorney, San Joaquin County, CA, 1976-1986
- Deputy city attorney, Stockton, CA, 1975-1976
Judicial service
- Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1996-2003
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Stanford University · A.B., 1972
- Mission San Jose High School
- McGeorge School of Law
- University of Virginia School of Law
- University of the Pacific
Personal record
Born June 9, 1950 · Palo Alto, CA
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391846CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/512/consuelo-maria-callahan/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure